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Greater Manchester Police Force

Volume 623: debated on Friday 9 March 2001

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asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether they will give the numbers of police officers for the Greater Manchester Police for each of the last five years broken down as:(a)numbers deployed in each division;(b) numbers deployed at the Greater Manchester Police Headquarters; and(c) numbers deployed in task groups working on specific types of crime, for example, drugs working across the county. [HL702]

Information on the number of officers in each of the territorial divisions of the Greater Manchester Police from 31 March 1997 to 1 February 2001 is set out in the table. The figures have been provided by the Chief Constable.The Chief Constable has also provided information on the number of police officers in headquarters departments and headquarters based operational units. The headquarters based units (which may not be located at force headquarters) deal with specific types of crimes and other specialist areas such as the drugs squad and the robbery squad.

Greater Manchester Police
31 March 199731 March 199831 March 199931 March 20001 February 2001
Manchester North (A)778.5711.3690.2686.1692.7
Manchester South (B)841879.4.899.9894.5910.3
Salford (F)528.5535.9519.1521.4532.3
Tameside (G)353382.7387.5371.7379.4.
Stockport (J)455.9451.4428.7431.6442.7
Bolton (K)508.9508.3483477.3491.8
Wigan (L)441.4432.9420.1414.5426.6
Trafford (M)471.4498.1494.5500.7505.9
Bury (N)266.8275.5276.9259.9266.8
Rochdale (P)413.8406.1383380.2388
Oldham (Q)419.3408.5395.7393396.5
HQ Departments703.4719.7660.3709.6727.2
Headquarters based specialist units739739771754750
Figures are full-time equivalents.